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Originally Posted by aram535
I see, its not really the software that is PITA but the attention paid to it since it has become more popular. I guess that is the doom of everything, including Firefox and Google.
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I guess, that's one way of looking at it, but to look at it that way would equate Firefox with IE. In all tense and purpose, without the exploits, IE is a formidable browser that is currently the "industry" standard in which a larger percentage of website work, thanks mostly to Microsoft's domination of almost every facet of computer life.
What sets most of off IE is the consistent security leaks that seems to follow that browser like the proverbial fly on -you know what-. But that's because IE is the victim of its own success or rather Microsoft's dominance. It is more pronounce and available that there are lots of fame and glory to the hacker with loose morals to attack and exploit it. The same goes for marketing and business. If you were to design a adware or something that spies on your prospects for which browser would you likely aim it? With IE shipped with every Windows PC and Windows owning more than 80% of our desktops, it is the likely candidate.
However, thanks to growing support to Firefox, it is now also a victim of its own success. So in a way, this makes Firefox a PITA. The other gripe with Firefox is, have you ever left a full browser opened overnight? Full browser meaning one that has over 4 or 5 websites tabbed and a battery >8-10 add-ons . Only to discover that your PC is now crawling and falling flat on its face. On one hand it is Xp's or Vista's poor memory management, but also Firefox's poor CPU spool time and memory management. Often times when the PC is hung and is locked, If you access the task manager you will find that Firefox, even while idled will take up a lot of your CPU time. In some cases over 98%, add an Outlook client opened and you are out of business until you quit Firefox. Restarting Firefox and revisiting the sites would usually get you back your CPU time until later when the browser decides to leak again. Which is a good indication that the problem is poor management with Firefox.
I don't seem to have that problem with Opera or Chrome. Safari just runs pretty bad on a Windows machine anyway. If I was not so much the geek I am I would really have just skipped Safari as a browser for the PC. Actually with that said, Safari is not much better on the Mac neither. I use Firefox on my G5 PPC. Safari tends to lock and stop responding a lot. So, yes, "Virginia" Macs do crash...lol
